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Female-directed
movies are far more like-
ly to receive distribution
from small independent
companies than from
studios or mini-majors,
a new study has
revealed.
The Female Filmmak-
ers Initiative, a partner-
ship launched three years
ago between Sundance
Institute and Women in
Film Los Angeles,
unveiled the third phase
of its multi-year study
last week, focusing on the
fate of female directors
after their movies pre-
miere at the Sundance
Film Festival.
Led by USC Annen-
berg s Stacy L Smith,
researchers studied the
distribution deals received
by all US Dramatic Com-
petition films between
2002 and 2014. They
found that although
female-directed movies
were just as likely to get
distribution as their male
counterparts, there was
significant gender dispar-
ity in the nature of those
deals.
Whereas companies
that handed distribution
deals to male-directed
films were roughly evenly
split between studio spe-
cialty divisions/mini-
majors (43.1 per cent) and
small indie companies
(56.9 per cent), the vast
majority (70.2 per cent)
of female-directed films
that landed distribution
went to the latter, which
have fewer financial
resources and industry
clout to offer.
The study also includ-
ed qualitative research on
why the prevalence of
female directors dips pre-
cipitously when moving
from the indie film world
to Hollywood---26.9 per
cent of directors at Sun-
dance last year were
female, compared with
just 1.9 per cent of direc-
tors who helmed the top
100 films of 2014, a gap
wider than what it was
in 2002 (20 per cent ver-
sus 7.3 per cent female
directors among the top
100 films).
The researchers inter-
viewed 59 film buyers and
sellers (39 male, 20
female) and identified six
commonly perceived bar-
riers facing female direc-
tors:
• Female directors
make movies that are less
appealing to the general
marketplace.
• There are fewer eli-
gible female directors in
the talent pool.
• Women are less
interested in directing,
particularly tentpole-type
films.
• Female directors are
restricted from the indus-
try by the predominance
of male gatekeepers and
the "boy s club" culture.
• Agents and managers
are not putting their
female clients up for a
broad variety of directing
opportunities.
• Female directors are
less adept at handling
certain production
demands.
Part of the problem is
that female directors tend
to be more easily pigeon-
holed by their earlier
efforts, which by neces-
sity are often smaller-
scale affairs that rely more
on relationship studies
rather than the visual set
pieces that typify modern
Hollywood fare.
(hollywoodreporter.com)
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A sequel to Buena
Vista Social Club, the
Oscar-nominated doc-
umentary which exam-
ined attempts by the
American guitarist Ry
Cooder to bring togeth-
er an ensemble of leg-
endary Cuban musi-
cians, is to move into
production.
Titled Buena Vista
Social Club -- Adios, the
new film will be directed
by Lucy Walker, replac-
ing the original s Wim
Wenders. It will docu-
ment the personal and
professional highs and
lows of the five remain-
ing original band mem-
bers since their 1999
reunion tour, focusing on
a new series of home-
coming concerts in
Havana.
The Buena Vista Social
Club concept was named
after a Havana members
club that closed in 1940.
It was initially revived as
a collaboration between
Cooder and the Cuban
bandleader Juan de Mar-
cos González, and the
pair summoned a num-
ber of celebrated musi-
cians to record an album
in just six days. It became
a global phenomenon
and led to live perform-
ances in Amsterdam and
at New York s Carnegie
Hall, where footage was
captured for Wenders
film. The 1999 docu-
mentary, which also fea-
tured interviews with the
main performers, grossed
a remarkable US$23 mil-
lion worldwide.
Walker s celebrated
documentary Waste
Land, about an artist
who travels to the world s
largest landfill in Rio de
Janeiro to gather material
for a contemporary art
project, was also nomi-
nated for an Oscar for
best documentary, in
2011.
Buena Vista Social
Club---Adios is due to
shoot in July, according
to Variety. The film is
being put together by the
Los Angeles-based film
production and distribu-
tion firm Broad Green
and London-based pro-
duction company Mister
Smith and will be touted
to prospective buyers at
the Cannes film festival
later in May.
(cinemablend.com)
Buena Vista Club
to get a sequel
Female-directed films get
smaller distribution deals
Selma director Ava Duvernay has spoken of her challenges in getting support for her films.